diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 22790ccc7..70fda6a17 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,6 +31,3 @@
 [submodule "login_server/src/proto"]
         path = login_server/src/proto
         url =  https://github.com/gradido/gradido_protocol.git
-[submodule "login_server/dependencies/protobuf"]
-	path = login_server/dependencies/protobuf
-	url = https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git
diff --git a/backend/src/apis/loginAPI.ts b/backend/src/apis/loginAPI.ts
index b81316b3f..609b7bdc4 100644
--- a/backend/src/apis/loginAPI.ts
+++ b/backend/src/apis/loginAPI.ts
@@ -2,35 +2,44 @@ import axios from 'axios'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export const apiPost = async (url: string, payload: unknown): Promise<any> => {
-  try {
-    const result = await axios.post(url, payload)
-    if (result.status !== 200) {
-      throw new Error('HTTP Status Error ' + result.status)
-    }
-    if (result.data.state === 'warning') {
-      return { success: true, result: result.data.errors }
-    }
-    if (result.data.state !== 'success') {
-      throw new Error(result.data.msg)
-    }
-    return { success: true, result }
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { success: false, result: error }
-  }
+  return axios
+    .post(url, payload)
+    .then((result) => {
+      if (result.status !== 200) {
+        throw new Error('HTTP Status Error ' + result.status)
+      }
+      if (result.data.state !== 'success') {
+        throw new Error(result.data.msg)
+      }
+      return { success: true, result }
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      return { success: false, result: error }
+    })
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export const apiGet = async (url: string): Promise<any> => {
-  try {
-    const result = await axios.get(url)
-    if (result.status !== 200) {
-      throw new Error('HTTP Status Error ' + result.status)
-    }
-    if (!['success', 'warning'].includes(result.data.state)) {
-      throw new Error(result.data.msg)
-    }
-    return { success: true, result }
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { success: false, result: error }
-  }
+  return axios
+    .get(url)
+    .then((result) => {
+      if (result.status !== 200) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log('IN status: ' + 'HTTP Status Error ' + result.status)
+        throw new Error('HTTP Status Error ' + result.status)
+      }
+      if (!['success', 'warning'].includes(result.data.state)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log('IN state: ' + result.data.state + ' message: ' + result.data.msg)
+        throw new Error(result.data.msg)
+      }
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log('IN apiGet.THEN: ' + JSON.stringify({ success: true, result: result }))
+      return { success: true, result: result }
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log('IN apiGet.ERROR: ' + JSON.stringify({ success: false, result: error }))
+      return { success: false, result: error }
+    })
 }
diff --git a/login_server/dependencies/protobuf b/login_server/dependencies/protobuf
deleted file mode 160000
index 0b8d13a1d..000000000
--- a/login_server/dependencies/protobuf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 0b8d13a1d4cd9be16ed8a2230577aa9c296aa1ca